Ed Sheeran Named Artist Of The Decade By Official Charts Company

ed sheeran tour 2018 — Ed Sheeran, pictured performing at the Jingle Ball on Dec. 8, 2017 in New York City, is heading out on tour this year. Mike Coppola/Getty Images

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Ed Sheeran named the Artist of the Decade by Official Charts Company
He spent a total of 79 weeks at the numero uno position, which is most by any artist
Adele's "21" is the Album of the Decade

After becoming Spotify’s second-most streamed artist of the decade, Ed Sheeran has now been crowned the U.K.’s Artist of the Decade by the Official Charts Company.

According to Official Charts Company, the 28-yeard-old musician has the most number one in this decade. The “Shape Of You” singer has a combination of 12 singles and albums at the numero uno position between 2010 and 2019.

His albums have spent a total of 41 weeks at the number one position while his tracks have been at the top spot for over 38 weeks, which means a total of 79 weeks at number one. Sheeran is the only artist to achieve this feat. Meanwhile, his songs have been streamed 4.6 billion times in the U.K. alone.

Just a couple of weeks ago, Sheeran came second on Spotify’s list of the most-streamed artists of the decade. His song, “Shape Of You,” notched up 2.3 billion streams on the streaming service, making it one of the biggest songs of all time.

Martin Talbot, Chief Executive of the Official Charts Company, congratulated the musician for achieving this massive feat and noted that Sheeran truly has dominated this decade with his songs and is a “worthy” recipient of this amazing new accolade. He further added that the things the recognitions he has accumulated in these 10 years have been “remarkable” and now he has established himself among the superstars around the world.

The “Thinking Out Loud” hitmaker thanked his fans for supporting him and noted that he is going to do some amazing work in the next 10 years.

On the other hand, Sheeran’s gigantic hit “Shape Of You” has been named the number one song of the decade by the organization. The song was followed by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk” at number two. Shockingly, no song from any female artist made it to the Top 10.

But when it came to the top 10 albums of the decade, the list was topped by Adele. Both of her albums, “21” and “25,” secured the top two positions on the list.

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